Program for G&S Week USC 2007 (Jan/29 to Feb/02)

Gender and Sexuality Information Table

01/29 (Monday), 01/30 (Tuesday), 01/31 (Wednesday), 02/1 (Thursday) *10:30am to 1:00pm * Trousdale Pkwy

Sexual Health tables providing information on campus resources, student organizations, and advocacy groups.

Ultimate Improv

01/29 (Monday) * 12 Noon to 1:00 pm * Tommy Trojan

Join The Ultimate Improv comedy show (no scripts, no limits) for a fun and entertaining look at their “improv” on sex.

Seymore Butts

1/29 (Monday) 7:00pm * SGM 124

Adam Glasser a.k.a. Seymore Butts, star of the Showtime T.V. series "Family Business, will give an inside look on sex, politics, and his life as a pornography director and producer and a free speech advocate. Q&A will follow.

Professor Brian Burns

01/30 (Tuesday) 12 Noon to 1.30 * Doheny Room 233

Ancient Greece and Rome have provided important models for lesbians and gay men searching to understand their sexuality, especially when homosexuality was considered an unspeakable crime and psychological disorder. This talk investigates the place of classical civilization – its literature, archaeology, and mythology – in the exploration and celebration of homosexual identities. Lunch Provided.

Karrine Steffans

01/30 (Tuesday) 7:00pm SGM 124

Karrine Steffans, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Confessions of a Video Vixen and the forthcoming, The Vixen Diaries, explores the importance of challenging the double standards set in place between men, women, and sexuality in the cut-throat world of the entertainment industry. Q & A and book-signing to follow.

Professor Mary Andres

01/31 (Wednesday) 12 Noon to 1.30pm * Doheny Room 240

Let's Talk about Sex: What is normal, what feels good, and how to get what we want. Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist Dr. Mary Andres works with individuals and couples to help them get their needs met and feel better about their sexual desires and performance. Lunch Provided.

The Love Boutique Party

01/31 (Tuesday) 6.30pm to 8.30pm * Pardee Tower * 2^nd Floor Lounge

Experience the forbidden. Couples and singles come touch, taste, feel, and enjoy the spicy and satisfying “toys” of the love boutique party. Enhance your sensual and sexual health…Don’t go home empty handed. Food Provided.

Michael Messner Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies

02/1 (Thursday) 12 Noon to 1.30 pm * Doheny Room 233

"Separating the Men from the Moms: The Persistence of Sex Segregated Coaching in Youth Sports." How is it that over thirty years after the passage of Title IX, and following the influx of millions of girls and women into organized sports, the vast majority of head coaches in children's soccer, baseball, and softball leagues are men?

Club Tigerheat

02/1 (Thursday) * 9:00 pm to 1:00 am

A trip to the popular Hollywood gay club, “Tigerheat.” Bus transportation and admission will be provided.

Meet on 34^th St. behind Leavey Library @ 9 pm. (email: get@usc.edu to RSVP).

Cuddle Party Los Angeles

02/02 (Friday) 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm * Pardee Tower* 2^nd Floor Lounge

Join this innovative workshop/social-event designed to promote healthy boundary-setting, respectful self assertion, and honest communication (Pre-registration required: visit www.cuddlela.com/usc.html.)

Wnat is Gender and Sexuality Week ?

"Gender and Sexuality Week" is an annual event held at University of Southern California. It is a campus wide programming series put on by the GRUF (Graduate, Upper-class, and Family Housing) residential staff team.
The purpose is to organize programs that educate, expose, and create dialogue amongst the USC community pertaining to gender and sexuality issues.

USC, located in the heart of Los Angeles, is in unique position of being the leading campus in initiating much needed dialogue on issues which explore and challenge our personal, cultural and political outlook on sexuality and gender